7 Planets to Align in March, Celestial Show Tonight

IN a rare celestial event, seven planets of the Solar System will align by March this year.

- RISHITA KHANNA @Bengaluru

Six of the planets — Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune — will begin to come into alignment on Tuesday (January 21), while Mercury will join on February 28.

While Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn will be visible to the naked eye, Uranus and Neptune will require a telescope to observe the alignment, which is called the 'planetary parade'.

Dr BR Guruprasad, Director of Jawaharlal Nehru Planetarium, explained to The New Indian Express that a 'planetary parade' is a phenomenon in which multiple planets appear in the sky at the same time from the perspective of observers from Earth, more clearly visible in the evening/night sky.